There are always at least two different opinions, no matter what the subject is. Organic food isn’t an exception. I always wonder where and how these myths start and who starts them. It’s been my experience that most often the people who start myths and rumors are those who stand to gain in some way. […]
Read More...There are two general plant types used for the production of organic coffee, Arabica and Robusta. Robusta, coffea canephora, is the hardier of the two most common types of coffee and organic coffee. Robusta has a higher caffeine content at 2.7% and is more resistant to diseases. As such it is easier to grow organic […]
Read More...The fact is that all farming and ranching was done with what are now considered organic methods before the 1900s. It’s not that farmers and ranchers were more conscious or more concerned about natural resource conservation or even more concerned about pollution. It was because there simply was no other choice. “Progress” hadn’t happened yet. […]
Read More...There’s been a lot in the news about the problems with goods imported from China in the last few months. We’ve had toys painted with paint that contains lead, medications produced under anything but sanitary conditions, and fish caught in sewage canals. We’ve had produce contamination concerns as well. Given all of the problems with […]
Read More...There’s always somebody looking to make an easy buck. Scams of all kinds are simple because honest people believe that other people are honest. Not all of them are. Let’s face it – we are truly at the mercy of the governmental agencies that regulate our food supply, including our organic food supply. An orange […]
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